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I
have
personally
enjoyed
the
benefits
that
stem
from
social
business
and
collaboration
and
as
such
can
speak
from
personal
experience
as
to
how
it
improves
productivity,
revenue/cost
outcomes
and
enhances
an
organisation's
ability
to
attract
&
retain
young
talent.
At
IBM,
I
represent
the
IBM
Collaboration
Solutions
(ICS)
Brand
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In
this
short
video,
Jonathan
Distad
and
Mike
Porter
of
Perficient,
an
IBM
Business
Partner,
articulate
the
benefits
organisations
of
all
sizes
can
realize
through
the
implementation
of
IBM
Social
Business
Solutions.
Working
for
a
world-leading
technology
company,
such
as
IBM,
it
is
often
easy
to
take
for
granted
the
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In
this
article,
Lori
Richardson
-
Mid-Market
Sales
Growth
Expert
at
Score
More
Sales,
reflects
on
the
drastic
changes
that
we
have
all
seen
in
the
technologies
and
methods
used
to
maintain
our
customer
relationship
management
systems. Lori’s
views
parallel
my
own
in
proposing
that
advancements
in
this
field
have
been
... [ + Read more ]

iPad.
It's
the
four
letter
word
that
will
change
the
face
of
business
intelligence
forever.
Tablet
devices
like
the
iPad
are
being
adopted
in
record
numbers
by
business
people
(1.2
million
Australians
will
buy
one
this
year
according
to
Telsyte)
because
they
provide
fast
easy
access
to
information
on
the
... [ + Read more ]

Chief
information
officers
in
Australia
want
you
doing
it
for
yourselves.
A
global
survey
of
CIOs
released
by
IBM
has
found
that
IT
managers
in
Australia
and
New
Zealand
are
much
keener
on
self-service
online
portals,
collaboration
and
social
networking
tools
than
their
international
peers. While
57
per
cent
of
global
... [ + Read more ]

Pinterest
is
a
promotion
mecca
for
retailers
that
offer
visually
appealing
consumer
goods
such
as
clothing,
accessories,
jewellery,
food
and
home
décor.
However,
for
those
organisations
that
don’t
offer
aesthetically
oriented
goods
and
services,
incorporating
Pinterest
effectively
into
its
social
media
strategy
requires
some
creative
consideration
in
order
to
achieve
... [ + Read more ]

In
my
previous
post
I
touched
on
how
to
determine
the
right
social
media
platform
for
B2B
practices.
Now
I'd
like
to
help
you
define
your
social
media
strategy
for
more
effective
communication
and
collaboration
with
internal
and
external
stakeholders. Using
internal
social
media
tools
to
enhance
networking
and
employee
collaboration
... [ + Read more ]